Slender jar/beaker

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This slender jar/beaker has a base that comes almost to a rounded point. The rim is thin and straight. Though the jar's almost straight profile approachs that of a cylindrical beaker, slight narrowing in the upper portions may more technically classify it as a slender jar. The base was formed in...

This slender jar/beaker has a base that comes almost to a rounded point. The rim is thin and straight. Though the jar's almost straight profile approachs that of a cylindrical beaker, slight narrowing in the upper portions may more technically classify it as a slender jar. The base was formed in part through the use of a straight-edged utenisil, markings of which are visible. Approximately a third of the vessel is in fragments.

Provenance

From Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus III, grave 332. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: July 18, 2006)